Where startup founders raise millions and listeners can invest. Host Josh Muccio takes listeners behind closed-doors and into the room where deals are made. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
…
continue reading
Tech Entrepreneurs Podcasts
Listen to select TechCrunch articles on startups coverage—who's raising, who's exiting, who's changing the world.
…
continue reading
A weekly news show where your favorite Engadget editors tear themselves away from their crippling technology addiction, to discuss our collective crippling technology addiction.
…
continue reading
This is Founder Real Talk, where we get real about the challenges that founders and startup executives face, and how they've grown from tough experiences. Hosted by Managing Partner Glenn Solomon.
…
continue reading
Host Mike Maples Jr. from venture capital firm Floodgate offers lessons from the rare startup super performers — BEFORE they were successful. Pattern Breakers features interviews with some of Silicon Valley’s most legendary entrepreneurs and thought leaders, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger, business maverick Mark Cuban, and Shopify co-founder Tobi Lütke.
…
continue reading
The CodePen team talk about the ins and outs of running a web software business.
…
continue reading
Andy Clarke and Richard Rutter have Unfinished Business.
…
continue reading
For more than a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a developer and how the art and practice of software programming is changing our world. From Rails to React, from Java to Node.js, we host important conversations and fascinating guests that will help you understand how technology is made and where it’s headed. Hosted by Ben Popper, Cassidy Williams, and Ceora Ford, the Stack Overflow Podcast is your home for all things code.
…
continue reading
Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.
…
continue reading
Podcast by John White & Jason Himmelstein
…
continue reading
TechZing is an informal bi-weekly chat show aimed at entreprenures and hackers interested in creating their own web app startup. The show is both educational (with practical advice) and conversational. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8
…
continue reading
Join us as we share what it's like to build and launch a bootstrapped startup while working for yourself full-time. Benedikt is working on Userlist, and Benedicte is establishing herself as a Gatsby expert and developer advocate for hire.
…
continue reading
Interested in building your own SaaS company? Follow the journey of Transistor.fm as they bootstrap a podcast hosting startup.
…
continue reading
Mike Murphy Unplugged is a podcast for one-man bands and content creators who want to move forward in business and in life. Learn how to start a podcast, how to create online content for a living, and how to create the life you want.
…
continue reading
The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart an ...
…
continue reading
Heavybit is the leading early-stage investor in enterprise infrastructure. Since 2013, we've helped launch and scale visionary technical startups—from DevSecOps and feature flagging to AI code generation and beyond. We go hands-on from day 0, backing founders as they turn code into companies and build the future of software from the bottom up to the top down.
…
continue reading
The Reboot podcast showcases the heart and soul, the wins and losses, the ups and downs of startup leadership. On the show, Entrepreneurs, CEOs, and Startup Leaders discuss with Jerry Colonna the emotional and psychological challenges they face daily as leaders.
…
continue reading
Gartner ThinkCast puts you at the intersection of business and technology with insights from the top experts on how to build a more successful organization, team and career in the Digital Era. Join us every other Tuesday to get your competitive advantage. View all Gartner ThinkCast episodes at https://www.gartner.com/en/podcasts/thinkcast
…
continue reading
The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you’ll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.
…
continue reading
The Official SaaStr Podcast is the latest and greatest from the world of SaaStr, interviewing the most prominent operators and investors to discover their tips, tactics and strategies to attain success in the fiercely competitive world of SaaS. On the side of the operators, we center around getting from $0 to $100m ARR faster, what it takes to scale successfully and what are the core elements of hiring. As for the investors, we learn what metrics they hone in on when examining SaaS business, ...
…
continue reading
Hannah Prevett and Dominic O’Connell bring you one big business story you need to know every week. Uncovering the personalities, power plays, boardroom dramas and sheer ambition that drive the world of business, Hannah and Dominic get the inside story from the people who are in the room when the deal goes down - from start-ups to tech titans, market movers to City CEOs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
…
continue reading
Zero Knowledge is a podcast which goes deep into the tech that will power the emerging decentralised web and the community building this. Covering the latest in zero knowledge research and applications, the open web as well as future technologies and paradigms that promise to change the way we interact — and transact — with one another online. Zero Knowledge is hosted by Anna Rose Follow the show at @ZeroKnowledgefm (https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm) or @AnnaRRose (https://twitter.com/Ann ...
…
continue reading
Discover the latest information on ’what’s hot’ in the digital world, best practices and big concepts for innovation, disruption and pivoting in the Silicon Valley. Features: Innovation | Cyber Risk & Security | Bitcoin & Blockchain | Cross - Border Business | Silicon Valley Insider airs AM 1220 KDOW and 860 AM KTRB The Answer in the Silicon Valley / San Francisco Bay Area.
…
continue reading
Hosted by Product School Founder & CEO Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, The Product Podcast features candid conversations with product management executives from the world's best tech companies like Google, Meta, Netflix, Airbnb, and Amazon. New episodes release weekly, unveiling actionable frameworks, unconventional best practices, and real-world examples you can implement immediately. Perfect for senior product managers, directors, and VPs hungry to build better products, stronger teams, ...
…
continue reading

1
Streamlined Solopreneur: System-Driven Processes and Automations
Joe Casabona, Automations Builder
You didn’t become a business owner to spend your days wrangling apps that don’t work well together. When your tools aren’t in sync, every task takes longer—stealing time from your clients, your family, and yourself. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Each week, I’ll share real automations I’ve built, simple integrations, and smart workflows so your tech stack just works. I’m Joe Casabona, and I help small business owners run their business in less time—without sacrificing quality or burning ...
…
continue reading
Disrupting Japan gives you candid, in-depth insights from the startup founders, VCs, and leaders who are reshaping Japan.
…
continue reading
It takes audacity to start a company, grit to grow it, and community to survive the ordeal. From the Ground Up features frank and unfiltered conversations—with some of the most successful founders in the world—about navigating the role of the founder, the tips and tricks entrepreneurs need to know to be successful, and the secrets that nobody really tells you before you start a business.
…
continue reading
The SaaS Podcast - In-depth interviews with proven entrepreneurs and startup founders. Actionable insights to help you build, launch and grow your SaaS business
…
continue reading

1
The Ticket: Discover the Future of Customer Service, Support, and Experience, with Intercom
Intercom
On The Ticket, you'll hear Intercom's Customer Support team in conversation with the customer service leaders, renowned customer experience thinkers, and influential authors who are shaping the field of customer support. Follow The Ticket to get the weekly episodes and sign up for our twice-monthly newsletter bursting with all the insights, trends, tips, and assets your team needs to embrace the future of customer service. https://www.intercom.com/blog/newsletter 🏠 www.intercom.com
…
continue reading
Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.
…
continue reading
Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week I read a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For v ...
…
continue reading
Start An Ecommerce Business, Become Your Own Boss And Spend More Time With Your Loved Ones
…
continue reading
Pat Flynn from The Smart Passive Income Blog reveals all of his online business and blogging strategies, income sources and killer marketing tips and tricks so you can be ahead of the curve with your online business or blog. Discover how you can create multiple passive income streams that work for you so that you can have the time and freedom to do what you love, whether it's traveling the world, or just living comfortably at home. Since 2008, he's been supporting his family with his many on ...
…
continue reading
Ready to grow your Christian business with purpose? This is not the time to play small or shrink back! Join Rachel Ngom on Christian Entrepreneurs Rise Up, the podcast empowering faith-driven entrepreneurs to build thriving businesses rooted in biblical principles. Rachel, a former seven-figure entrepreneur who surrendered her empire to follow God’s call, unveils how worldly and New Age strategies have infiltrated Christian business practices. Now, she’s on a mission to guide you in creating ...
…
continue reading
This Much I Know is the podcast from Seedcamp, Europe’s seed fund. Tune into hear the inside story from startup founders, investors and leading tech voices: the people who’ve built businesses, scaled globally, failed fantastically and learnt massively. Seedcamp invests early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. Seedcamp provides the infrastructure to fast-track a founder’s vision and create value through immediate access to smart ...
…
continue reading
Steve Blank, eight-time entrepreneur and now a business school professor at Stanford, Columbia and Berkeley, shares his hard-won wisdom as he pioneers entrepreneurship as a management science, combining Customer Development, Business Model Design and Agile Development. The conclusion? Startups are simply not small versions of large companies! Startups are actually temporary organizations designed to search for a scalable and repeatable business model.
…
continue reading
Monocle Radio’s weekly tour of the most inspiring people, companies and ideas in global business, from startups to heritage brands, covering the best in hospitality, design, fashion and retail.
…
continue reading
The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future – especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This podcast is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week; visit a16z.com for more details and to sign up for our newsletters and other content as well!
…
continue reading
I Breakits nya intervjupodd möter vi Sveriges mest aktuella entreprenörer och techledare – människorna bakom rubrikerna. Vad driver dem? Vilka motgångar har format deras resa? Och varför pratar alla om dem just nu? Varannan vecka får du en fördjupad och personlig inblick i personerna som formar svensk tech – med fokus på tillväxt, innovation och entreprenörskap. 🎙️ Programledare: Jon Mauno Pettersson, vd och chefredaktör på Breakit. 🤝 Parallellt släpper vi även specialavsnitt i samarbete med ...
…
continue reading
Podcast by Hatching: Need/Want Podcast
…
continue reading
China Tech Talk is a weekly podcast about what's happening on the ground in China's tech and startup ecosystems. It is hosted by John Artman, Editor-in-Chief of TechNode English, and Matthew Brennan, founder of ChinaChannel
…
continue reading
Industry veterans, degenerate gamblers & besties Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks & David Friedberg cover all things economic, tech, political, social & poker.
…
continue reading
Startup insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines as he sits down with the established veterans and up-and-comers who are shaping the way we view the world online and beyond. Topics include technology trends, startups, Silicon Valley politics, women in silicon valley and more. Learn the histories of each guest and be enlightened by their area of expertise. New episode released each Tuesday at Noon, Pacific Time.
…
continue reading
Brian Casel (@casjam) and Jordan Gal (@jordangal) share their raw and real behind-the-scenes of their entrepreneur journeys. From bootstrapping software startups to raising money to selling and exiting businesses, to growing teams and the emotional rollercoaster that is startup life. It's all here in Brian and Jordan's weekly(ish) updates.
…
continue reading
Follow our journey as we build and launch two startups. Hosted by Matt Wensing, founder of Summit, and Peter Suhm, founder of Reform.
…
continue reading

1
412: TZ Discussion - Bullshit Generator / Bullshit Eliminator
1:53:20
1:53:20
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:53:20Justin and Jason discuss Justin's plan for the launch of Lightwave, the latest with Math Academy, and what Jason struggles with the most on a day-to-day basis, why Richard Sutton thinks LLMs are a dead end, and thoughts about what to expect from AI in the near term. Join our Discord, chat with us and fellow listeners! https://discord.gg/2EbBwdHHx8…
…
continue reading

1
Eureka: How Whitebox Cocktails turned a negroni into a global business selling millions of cans
10:52
10:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
10:52We meet Pietro Collina, co-founder of Whitebox Cocktails, a company making full-strength, single-serve classics such as negronis, espresso martinis and cosmopolitans. Collina talks about creating canned cocktails and scaling the brand to international shelves. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
…
continue reading

1
Biggest LBO Ever, SPAC 2.0, Open Source AI Models, State AI Regulation Frenzy
1:29:31
1:29:31
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:29:31(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:53) EA acquired for $55B in biggest LBO ever, why PE is in trouble (17:42) IPO market, SPAC 2.0 (27:41) The AI rollup opportunity (36:01) Sacks joins the show! (38:27) OpenAI and Meta launch short-form video apps: "AI Slop" or the future of content? (45:04) Open source AI: DeepSeek's new model, pressure on US AI industry (1…
…
continue reading

1
A new search engine raises $1.1M to let obsessive fans dive down internet rabbit holes; also, New deep tech fund Wave Function Ventures raises $15 million
11:00
11:00
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
11:00Zehra Naqvi grew up as an obsessive fan girl in the 2010s and recently started Lore, a search platform for people to research and discover internet obsessions. The company has already raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding. It is set to emerge from stealth on October 6th. Also, when Jamie Gull graduated from Stanford University in 2007 with a mast…
…
continue reading

1
AI slop, government stops, and startup uncertainty
32:12
32:12
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
32:12The U.S. government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on permits, visas, or regulatory approvals, even a few weeks can become an existential problem. On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff talk through how uncertainty is affec…
…
continue reading
Software has fundamentally changed the way we record, store, and share information. Its next act is to fundamentally change the nature of our economy, capturing trillions of dollars of value in the process. In this talk from the 2025 a16z LP Summit, a16z General Partner Alex Rampell discusses the history of filing cabinets and databases, how SaaS p…
…
continue reading

1
417: The Best Tech Stack in the Age of AI
15:56
15:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
15:56A couple of years ago, I tweeted that “the best tech stack is the one you already know.” To this day, this is one of my most resonating tweets. People keep bringing it back, and founders who've been around for a while seem to particularly agree with it. But AI changes things. Or does it? This episode of The Bootstraped Founder is sponsored by Paddl…
…
continue reading

1
SPI 894: Becoming a Lifestyle Investor with Justin Donald
45:09
45:09
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
45:09#894 Do you own your business, or does your business own you? As entrepreneurs, we're no strangers to long hours building our brands and serving others. But what if you could stop trading your time for money and start building true freedom instead? In this episode, I’m excited to dive into the ins and outs of becoming a lifestyle investor. My guest…
…
continue reading

1
SaaStr 823: Is GTM Really Dead?! with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
46:15
46:15
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
46:15SaaStr 823: Is GTM Really Dead?! with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin In this episode, Jason Lemkin, SaaStr CEO and Founder, addresses common misconceptions about traditional go-to-market strategies in the age of AI. Despite claims that outbound marketing, SEO, and old-school tactics are dead, the speaker highlights how leading AI companies are successfull…
…
continue reading

1
One is not the loneliest number for API calls
26:21
26:21
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
26:21Gil Feig, co-founder and CTO of Merge, joins the show to explore Merge’s approach for reducing third-party APIs to a single call, the complexities of and need for data normalization, and the role that AI and MCP plays in the future of API functionality. Episode notes: Merge connects you to any third-party system for fast, secure integrations for yo…
…
continue reading

1
EA, Xbox and the state of gaming in 2025 + Amazon’s new devices
1:21:21
1:21:21
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:21:21This week, EA announced that it plans to go private as part of a massive $55 billion sale, a move that will likely have huge implications for the gaming landscape. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget's Sam Rutherford chat about what this deal really means (and why it includes a Saudi Arabian investment fund), and also dive into the messy state o…
…
continue reading

1
How startups could be affected by a prolonged government shutdown, plus Oneleet raises $33M to shake up the world of security compliance
10:54
10:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
10:54The U.S. government shutdown could stifle deal flow, freeze visa processing for workers, and cause other problems for startups and the broader tech sector, especially if it lasts longer than a week, according to experts who spoke to TechCrunch. Also, Bryan Onel’s father was a locksmith. As for Onel, he described himself as the digital equivalent. E…
…
continue reading

1
Business Beyond Pro Sports with Stephon Marbury & Cam Jurgens
33:40
33:40
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:40As the summer comes to a close, we have a collection of panels from this year's Inc Founders House in Philadelphia dedicated to our fall schedule. In this segment, deputy digital editor Graham Winfrey talks to Philadelphia Eagles center Cam Jurgens, founder of the beef jerky company Beef Jurgey, and former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury, who is the c…
…
continue reading

1
The Ben & Marc Show: China Has Scale. Can America Catch Up?
57:16
57:16
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
57:16Ben, Marc, and Erik Torenberg are joined by Brian Schimpf, Co-Founder & CEO of Anduril, and Chris Power, Founder & CEO of Hadrian. Together, they dig into America’s defense production gap: why the U.S. can out-innovate but not out-produce—and what it will take to turn that around. They discuss why U.S. war games show we run out of munitions in a we…
…
continue reading
A new weekly podcast all about the world of business starts on Thursday 9th October. Today's biggest companies wield more influence than many countries. The people who run them are visionaries, philanthropists - and sometimes crooks. With new technologies and business opportunities emerging daily, never before has navigating this ever-changing land…
…
continue reading

1
609: Forget Apple Podcasts. This Is Where Listeners Really Are
43:02
43:02
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:02In this episode, we’re cutting through the hype around Apple Podcasts and Spotify to talk about where listeners really spend their time, YouTube. I’ll show you why video is quickly becoming the default for podcast consumption and how creators who adapt are pulling ahead. What You’ll Learn Why YouTube has quietly become the number one podcast platfo…
…
continue reading
Ola Sars är en av SaaS-Sveriges mest rutinerade entreprenörer. Han har byggt banbrytande bolag, drivit företag med Dr. Dre, tagit in hundratals miljoner i kapital – men också kämpat i motvind. Men varför har det inte gått så enkelt och snabbt som han trodde? Vilka är hans främsta lärdomar från att skala upp ett globalt musikbolag? Vad är hans take …
…
continue reading

1
455: Accelevents: How 5 Years of Nights & Weekends Built a $10M ARR SaaS - with Jonathan Kazarian
42:52
42:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
42:52Jonathan Kazarian built Accelevents to $10 million ARR working nights and weekends for five years while keeping his hedge fund day job. But when COVID hit just as he went full-time, every event worldwide got canceled and revenue dropped to zero – forcing him to borrow $75,000 from his father's retirement to survive. Instead of waiting it out, Jonat…
…
continue reading

1
Kevin Hart’s VC firm led $35M Series B for weight-loss app Simple, also, Electroflow promises to make LFP material for 40% less than Chinese producers
9:52
9:52
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
9:52Simple is an AI-powered health coaching app that helps people lose weight. Electroflow drew inspiration from batteries themselves to develop a new way of producing LFP material for EVs. The process could undercut today's lowest price sources in China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
…
continue reading

1
Ro Khanna on Crime, Censorship & Congress: Fixing What’s Broken in America
54:15
54:15
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
54:15(0:00) Chamath and Jason welcome Rep. Ro Khanna! (1:10) H-1Bs and immigration (8:40) Giving Trump credit as a Progressive Democrat, why bipartisanship is broken, future Democratic leaders (15:08) Tech industry: Can Democrats win back tech?; Economic patriotism, protection vs proliferation of AI (24:25) Government shutdown, what actually happens? (3…
…
continue reading

1
Building AI-ready teams: Why documentation and culture matter more than tools
20:29
20:29
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
20:29In the second part of this two-part Leaders of Code episode, Peter O'Connor, Director of Platform Engineering, and Ryan J. Salva, Senior Director of Product at Google Developer Experiences, dive beyond AI hype to explore the shifts reshaping how engineering teams operate and scale. From the critical role of documentation quality in AI workflows to …
…
continue reading

1
Composite gets backing from NFDG for its cross-browser agent tool
5:06
5:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
5:06The startup was started earlier this year by Yang Fan Yun and Charlie Deane. Yun is a former product manager at Uber, while Deane founded a company selling server proxies. When he was at Uber, he realized that a lot of people around him were doing grunt work in their browsers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
…
continue reading

1
Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets
13:32
13:32
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
13:32(0:00) Introducing Kyle Samani (1:07) History of modern capital markets (3:25) What a redesigned capital market structure would look like in 2025 (8:22) Examples of the future of internet capital markets Thanks to our partners for making this happen! Solana - Solana is the high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, and cr…
…
continue reading

1
Scott Hudson on the craft behind Henrybuilt kitchens
28:58
28:58
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:58Founder Scott Hudson shares the story of Henrybuilt and how the company constructed a business around custom kitchen systems that combine design, craftsmanship and function. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Monocle
…
continue reading

1
California just drew the blueprint for AI safety regulation with SB 53
30:04
30:04
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
30:04California just made history as the first state to require AI safety transparency from the biggest labs in the industry. Governor Newsom signed SB 53 into law this week, mandating that AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic disclose, and stick to, their safety protocols. The decision is already sparking debate about whether other states will follow su…
…
continue reading
Alex and Chris hop on the show to talk about a bit of technology that Alex calls "The 2nd best technological choice he's ever made." That technology is called Tree-sitter. It's a code parsing tool for building ASTs (Abstract Syntax Trees) out of code. GitHub uses it to power search and "go to" functionality. The creators now work on Zen, where a co…
…
continue reading

1
Verifiable Key Management and TEEs with Turnkey
1:04:06
1:04:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:04:06In this episode, Anna Rose and Kobi Gurkan chat with Arnaud Brousseau and Jack Kearney from Turnkey about verifiable key management using trusted execution environments (TEEs). They share how their past work on custody and validators inspired them to build more sophisticated key management tools and some of the qualities TEEs enabled. The discussio…
…
continue reading
Unicorns. Weird things. Founders who'll blow through brick walls. The best in venture tell us exactly what they want to invest in. Season 14 starts Oct 8. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Josh Muccio
…
continue reading

1
Cheeky Pint: Marc Andreessen, John Collison & Charlie Songhurst on Tech’s Big Questions
2:09:12
2:09:12
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
2:09:12Today we’re sharing a feed drop from Cheeky Pint, where Stripe cofounder and president John Collison chats with legends in technology over a pint of Guinness. In this episode, John is joined by a16z cofounder Marc Andreessen and tech investor Charlie Songhurst for a candid conversation about bubbles, downturns, and the psychology of markets. They d…
…
continue reading

1
Former OpenAI and DeepMind researchers raise whopping $300M seed to automate science, plus, Whoop opens blood-testing service to what it says is a 350,000-person waitlist
5:18
5:18
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
5:18Periodic Labs was founded by Ekin Dogus Cubuk and Liam Fedus. Cubuk led the materials and chemistry team at Google Brain and DeepMind, where one of his projects was, for instance, an AI tool called GNoME. Researchers say that tool discovered over 2 million new crystals in 2023, materials that could one day be used to power new generations of techno…
…
continue reading

1
EXPERT EXCHANGE: You Are Not Your Business. Here’s Why That Matters
5:12
5:12
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
5:12In this episode, Dr. Gina Anderson, CEO and co-founder of Luma Brighter Learning, and Marisa Murgatroyd, Founder of Live Your Message, continue their conversation. In this segment, they discuss learning how to separate yourself from your business, evolve your strategy, and give your company what it really needs to thrive.…
…
continue reading

1
SPI 893: What's Working in Short Form Videos Right Now (A Crazy Update on my Experiment)
36:24
36:24
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:24#893 I used to doubt the value of short-form content for serious brand building, but I was way off. Diving in and giving it a real chance has completely changed my mind! In this episode, I'll share an awesome update on Short Pocket Monster. This is the experimental Shorts channel I started in the Pokémon space to see if this format was worth it for…
…
continue reading

1
CommanderAI building Salesforce for the waste management industry, also, a year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B
8:25
8:25
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
8:25CommanderAI launched in early 2024 as a customer relationship manager and sales prospecting platform built for waste management — and other industrial services like dumpster rentals and industrial recyclers – to fill that gap. Also, Silicon Valley-based Cerebras announced it raised a $1.1 billion Series G round on Tuesday that valued the AI hardwar…
…
continue reading

1
Rick Caruso on California’s Collapse: Broken Leadership, LA Wildfire Failures & the Fix
22:56
22:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
22:56(0:00) Introducing Rick Caruso (1:03) Reflecting on the disastrous LA Wildfires: Karen Bass failure, saving the Palisades Village, failure to rebuild (11:20) California’s incompetence, running for CA Governor vs LA Mayor (14:21) Attention to detail (17:04) State of California: What it should be, homelessness, National Guard, policing Thanks to our …
…
continue reading

1
Arm CEO Rene Haas on AI: Nvidia Lessons, Intel’s Decline and the US-China Chip War
25:05
25:05
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
25:05(0:00) Introducing Arm CEO Rene Haas (1:08) Lessons from working with Jensen Huang (3:20) Arm’s history, understanding Nvidia’s dominance in AI, training vs inference, physical AI market size (10:01) China’s AI ecosystem, the US-Intel deal, rare earths, creating a US “national champion” (15:35) Manufacturing in America: how to create a culture of e…
…
continue reading

1
Building an AI Physicist: ChatGPT Co-Creator’s Next Venture
54:20
54:20
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
54:20Scaling laws took us from GPT-1 to GPT-5 Pro. But in order to crack physics, we’ll need a different approach. In this episode, a16z General Partner Anjney Midha talks to Liam Fedus, former VP of post-training research and co-creator of ChatGPT at OpenAI, and Ekin Dogus Cubuk, former head of materials science and chemistry research at Google DeepMin…
…
continue reading

1
Episode 800 | The 12 Commandments of Startups for the Rest of Us
37:11
37:11
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:11What if you could get all 15 years of this podcast bundled up into one episode? In episode 800, Rob Walling goes solo for a special milestone installment of Startups For the Rest of Us. He covers the 12 foundational commandments that shape his approach to SaaS, hard-won lessons forged from years of building, investing in, and advising startups. Top…
…
continue reading

1
Vibe-coding startup Anything nabs a $100M valuation after hitting $2M ARR in its first two weeks; also, AI recruiter Alex raises $17M to automate initial job interviews
8:42
8:42
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
8:42It’s no secret that vibe coding — using AI-powered coding tools to build apps and websites via natural language prompts — is exploding in popularity. In July, Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable hit $100 million in annual recurring revenue just eight months after launch, plans to close the year at $250 million ARR and thinks it will hit $1 billion …
…
continue reading

1
As your AI gets smarter, so must your API
28:19
28:19
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:19Ryan sits down with Marco Palladino, CTO of Kong, to talk about the rise of AI agents and their impact on API consumption, the MCP protocol as a new standard for agents, the importance of observability and security in AI systems, and the importance for businesses and entrepreneurs to leverage opportunities in the agentic AI space now. Episode notes…
…
continue reading

1
Turn AI Promises Into Measurable Business Outcomes
24:47
24:47
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
24:47Executives are asking the same question in 2025: Where is the value AI was supposed to deliver? In this episode of ThinkCast, Gartner experts Mary Mesaglio and Rita Sallam outline how leaders can define, measure and maximize AI value across the enterprise. From productivity gains that don’t translate directly to financial returns, to high-stakes be…
…
continue reading